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Friday, 13 July 2012

1851 UK Census - an Overview

It has taken a while but I’ve collected the STEERS and
variants from the 1851 UK Census. This has taken longer than I had hoped, but I
have a valid excuse… I’m getting married in a couple of months and have had to
spend my time looking at dresses, shoes,flowers, and such so I’ve not had as much time to chase dead people.

In this census collection I have come across the
following variants;

·STEARES

·STEARS

·STEERES

·STEERS

·STIERS

·STEIRS

There are 450 individuals in the 1851 Census, which is an
increase of only five persons since 1841. The variation ‘STEIRS’ also makes its
first appearance.

There has been a movement of families across England as
shown in the tables below.

Movement in number since 1841

County

Frequency

(%)

Frequency

(Actual)

↓

MDX

16.67

75

↑

KEN

13.56

61

↑

SRY

12.89

58

↑

SSX

9.56

43

↓

YKS

9.11

41

↑

NTH

6.67

30

↑

BKM

4.89

22

↓

HAM

4.89

22

↓

BDF

3.78

17

↑

STS

6.27

12

↓

LAN

2.22

10

↓

DOR

2.00

9

↓

DEV

1.33

6

↑

DBY

1.11

5

↑

OXF

1.11

5

═

SOM

1.11

5

↓

BRK

0.67

3

Movement in number since 1841

County

Frequency

(%)

Frequency

(Actual)

↓

CAM

0.67

3

↑
*new*

DUR

0.67

3

↑

LIN

0.67

3

↑

WOR

0.67

3

↑
*new*

DEN

0.44

2

↓

GLS

0.44

2

↑
*new*

CHS

0.22

1

↓

ESS

0.22

1

↓

HRT

0.22

1

═

HUN

0.22

1

↓

JSY

0.22

1

═

LEI

0.22

1

↑
*new*

NBL

0.22

1

↑
*new*

NFK

0.22

1

↑
*new*

SFK

0.22

1

↓

WAR

0.22

1

The main concentration of the surname remains in Middlesex, but Kent has moved up into second place and Surrey has dropped to third. At first glance it appears that there
has been a huge exodus from Yorkshire,
however the actual frequency has only dropped by one. The surname is now also
found in the English counties of Durham,
Cheshire, Northumberland, Norfolk,
and Suffolk, as well as the Welsh
county of Denbighshire.

For this Census I have also complied the following; ‘Top
10 Occupations’

Top 10 ST[EI]*R[ES] Occupations 1851

1

In
Education

2

In
Servitude

3

Working on
the Land

4

Military
(serving or pensioned)

5

Dress Maker

6

Laundress

7

Carpenter

8

Gardener

9

Nurse

10

Tailor

‘Top 10 Male Names’ and ‘Top 10 Female Names’.

Top 10 ST[EI]*R[ES] Forenames in 1851

Male

Female

1

William

1

Ann

2

John

=

Mary

3

George

3

Elizabeth

4

James

4

Sarah

5

Thomas

5

Jane

6

Edward

6

Martha

7

Samuel

=

Charlotte

8

Charles

8

Eliza

9

Henry

9

Hannah

10

Joseph

10

Harriett

Outcomes

·To date there is a total of 681 individuals;
however there are still a number that I need to add from the Census.